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Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry. What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful

10 Sad Reasons Why So Many Great People Stay Single Forever

Although the majority of people marry or live with their partner, there are those who stay single forever.

If Ignorance is Bliss, Awareness is Pain

I visited with a distressed friend recently.

Thinking action as a performative and participative mental awareness

This paper seeks to evaluate experiential facets of thinking action using first-person phenomenological methods.

Clarifying the relation between mechanistic explanations and reductionism

The topic of mechanistic explanation in neuroscience has been a subject of recent discussion.

Psychedelic unselfing: self-transcendence and change of values in psychedelic experiences

Psychedelic experiences have been shown to both facilitate (re)connection to one’s values and change values, including enhancing aesthetic appreciation, promoting pro-environmental attitudes, and encouraging prosocial behavior. This article presents an empirically informed framework of philosophical psychology to understand how self-transcendence relates to psychedelic value changes. Most of the

Cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities

This research aims to conceptualize cognitive liberty and the psychedelic humanities by examining their constitutive elements.

The Cell Phone Is a Pair of Red High Heels

It is comical how easily one can be ignored for pointing out that new technology is dangerous and fetishistic. So-called “smart” cell phones are a prime example. For years I have been pointing out their dangers on many levels. To say most people are devoted to them is an understatement.

Hand Picked

Were we handpicked to know the truth? Are we the chosen ones? I have resisted this idea for almost three years.

The Covid Era could not have been deployed without technology

We have a new kind of overlord.

Saying No to Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: 6 Clever Ways to Do It

Saying no to someone is hard enough.

Yakety Yat Chat

Image source: Free Vectors Now I know I promised last time that I might tell you the tragic tale of the Luna moth during its larval development but it is such a dreadfully sad story and given the woebegotten way the world is, I just couldn’t bring myself to

9 Undeniable Signs You Are Wiser Than You Think

Being wise isn’t something set aside for the elderly.

Twitter Files: Sen. Angus King Targeted 'Suspicious' Americans for Blacklisting

According to the latest drop of the Twitter Files, Sen.

Face masks –Medical Protection, or Badge of Obedience?

I don’t normally watch TVNZ’s Seven Sharp, but on 5th October 2021 we were told that an immunologist would be on the programme to debunk certain ‘Covid myths’. One such ‘myth’ was the belief that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity. In response, clinical immunologist Dr. Maia